Wagon



UQ ROBERTS.

WAGON.

Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

LE M I.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ROBERTS, OF WVELLSVILLE, MISSOURI.

WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,316, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed June 16, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OHARLEs ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Wellsville, in the county of Montgomery and Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWagons, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

, My invention relates to an improvement in wagons; and it consists inthe novel construction of the wagon-body, whereby the seat is renderedremovable, and arranged to serve, in part, as a feed-box, in thetailboard employed as a shovel for loading and unloading purposes, andin the combination and arrangement of the parts, substantially ashereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of mywagon-body. Figs. 2

and 3 are detail views, and Fig. 4 is a plan View, thereof.

In constructing my wagon body I rigidly secure near the rear end of theSideboards the vertical slats A, which form shoulders against which thetail-board b abuts, and in like manner secure vertical slats O and O tothe forward end of the Sideboards, to form a mortise, d, for receptionof the shovel d. The bottom of body A is additionally braced andstrengthened by attaching thereto the transverse pieces e. Each of thesepieces at either end thereof projects out from beneath the body, and hastherein provided a vertical slot, e, into which projectcorrespondingly-shaped lugs 6 formed upon the metallic plates f, whichlatter are rigidly secured to the sideboards, as shown.

The tail-board b of the wagon has also rigidly secured thereto metallicplates having vertically-projecting lugs 51 integral therewith, whichlugs are adapted to fit into coin cident slots 9 formed in the bottom ofthe wagon-body. The tail-board bis additionally secured in position bymeans of the rightangular hasps b and staples b, the hasps having eachpivotally secured thereto a hook, 11 each of which engages with acorresponding staple, b.

The shovel d, having handle (1, forms the front wall of the wagon-body,and it is removably secured in mortise d. The metallic nutted rod B,having crooked handle B, is employed for bracing and rigidly securing together the walls of the front end of the wagon, the rod being projectedthrough corresponding orifices formed in the vertical metallic plates h,and also serves to additionally secure the shovel in position by passingit through the handle d The body of the wagon is thus constructed toenable the removal of either its side or end walls, wholly or in part,when desirable, and also for other purposes, as hereinafter explained.

The wagon'seat springs D are arranged to have their hearings on thesupports D, which supports are secured to the inner side of thelongitudinal side-boards of the wagon, and these springs are heldremovably in position by the nutted bolts t, which are inserted inorifices formed in the bottom of the springs and supports, and then heldby the nuts on the bolts t. The wagon-seat E has pivotally securedthereto the pivoted adj usting-bars E, and these bars being pivoted, thesideboards of the wagon serve to hold it upon the springs D. Theadjusting bars E are pivoted by means of the nutted bolts E, whichproject through corresponding orifices provided in plates f and theside-boards of the wagon. The wagon-seat E is thus held upon the springsD, in order to enable it to be readily thrown into the position shown inFig. 4, where it forms a feed-box in connection with the tailboard b. Tothe bottom of seat E is rigidly secured the clutch F, which consists ofa strip of stiff metal bent into right-angular form, the lowerprojecting end of which, when the seat is used as a feed-box, projectsbeneath the bottom of the wagon-body, which holds it steadfast andprevents the seat being turned over on its pivotal bearings.

Thus constructed, the body of my wagon may be readily taken apart, orarranged to suit the character of the intended work, and by adjustmentof the wagon-seat a feed-box, when needed, may be readily arranged.

for forming, in conjunction with said seat, a to feed-box,substantia1lyas shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

ROBERT SHAOKELFORD, J AMES L. BARKER,

